ἄγω

ἄγω — ágō

ἄγω; imperfect ἦγον; future ἄξω; 2 aorist ἤγαγον, infinitive ἀγαγεῖν (more rarely 1 aorist ᾖξα, in ἐπάγω 2Pe 2:5); passive, present ά᾿γομαι; imperfect ἠγόμην; 1 aorist ἤχθην; 1 future ἀχθήσομαι; (from Homer down); to drive, lead.

1. properly (A. V. ordinarily, to bring);

a. to lead by laying hold of, and in this way to bring to the point of destination: of an animal, Mat 21:7; Luk 19:35; Mar 11:7 (T Tr WH φέρουσιν); (Luk 19:30); τινα followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Luk 4:9 (others refer this to 2 c.); Luk 10:34; (ἤγαγον καί εἰσήγαγον, Luk 22:54); Joh 18:28; Act 6:12; Act 9:2; Act 17:5 (R g); Rec.;; ἐπί with the accusative, Act 17:19; ἕως, Luk 4:29; πρός τινα, to persons, Luke (Luk 4:40);; Act 9:27; Joh 8:3 (Rec.).

b. to lead by accompanying to (into) any place: εἰς, Act 11:26 (Act 11:25); ἕως, Act 17:15; πρός τινα, to persons, Joh 1:42 (Joh 1:43);; Act 23:18; followed by the dative of person to whom, Act 21:16 on which see Winers grammar, 214 (201) at length (cf. Buttmann, 284 (244)) (1Ma 7:2 ἄγειν αὐτούς αὐτῷ).

c. to lead with oneself, attach to oneself as an attendant: τινα, 2Ti 4:11; 1Th 4:14 (Josephus, Antiquities 10, 9, 6 ἀπῆρεν εἰς τήν Αἴγυπτον ἀγών καί Ιερεμιαν). Some refer Act 21:16 to this head, resolving it ἄγοντες Μνάσωνα παρ' ᾧ ξενισθῶμεν, but incorrectly, see Winers grammar (and Buttmann) as above.

d. to conduct, bring: τινα (Luk 19:27); Joh 7:45; (Joh 19:4; Joh 19:13); Act 5:21; Act 5:26,;; πῶλον, Mar 11:2 (where T Tr WH φέρετε); (Luk 19:30, see a. above); τινα τίνι or τί τίνι, Mat 21:2; Act 13:23 g L T Tr WH.

e. to lead away, to a court of justice, magistrate, etc.: simply, Mar 13:11; (Act 25:17); ἐπί with the accusative, Mat 10:18; Luk 21:12 (T Tr WH ἀπαγομένους; (Luk 23:1); Acts (Act 9:21); Act 18:12; (often in Attic); (πρός with the accusative, Joh 18:13 L T Tr WH); to punishment: simply (2Ma 6:29 2Ma 7:18, etc.), Joh 19:16 griesbach (R καί ἀπήγαγον, which L T Tr WH have expunged); with the telic infinitive, Luk 23:32; (followed by ἵνα, Mar 15:20 Lachmann); ἐπί σφαγήν, Act 8:32 (ἐπί θανάτῳ, Xenophon, mem. 4, 4, 3; an. 1, 6, 10).

2. tropically,

a. to lead, guide, direct: Joh 10:16; εἰς μετάνοιαν, Rom 2:4.

b. to lead through, conduct, to something, become the author of good or of evil to some one: εἰς δόξαν, Heb 2:10 (εἰς (others, ἐπί) καλοκἀγαθίαν, Xenophon, mem. 1, 6, 14; εἰς δουλείαν, Demosthenes, p. 213, 28).

c. to more, impel, of forces and influences affecting the mind: Luk 4:1 (where read ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ (with L text T Tr WH)); πνεύματι Θεοῦ ἄγεσθαι, Rom 8:14; Gal 5:18; ἐπιθυμίαις, 2Ti 3:6; simply, urged on by blind impulse, 1Co 12:2 — unless impelled by Satan's influence be preferable, cf. 1Co 10:20; Eph 2:2; (Buttmann, 383f (328f)).

3. to pass a day, keep or celebrate a feast, etc.: τρίτην ἡμέραν ἄγει namely, ὁ Ἰσραήλ, Luk 24:21 (others (see Meyer) supply αὐτός or ὁ Ἰησοῦς; still others take ἄγει as impersonal, one passes, Vulg.tertiadiesest; see Buttmann, 134 (118)); γενεσίων ἀγομένων, Mat 14:6 R g; ἀγοραῖοι (which see, 2), Act 19:38; often in the O. T. Apocrypha (cf. Wahl, Claris Apocr. under the word ἄγω, 3), in Herodotus and Attic writers.

4. intransitive, to go, depart (Winers grammar, § 38, 1, p. 251 (236); (Buttmann, 144 (126))): ἄγωμεν let us go, Mat 26:46; Mar 14:42; Joh 14:31; πρός τινα, Joh 11:15; εἰς with the accusative of place, Mar 1:38; Joh 11:7 (Epictetus diss. 3, 22, 55 ἄγωμεν, ἐπί τόν ἀνθύπατον); (followed by ἵνα, Joh 11:16. Compare: ἀνάγω, ἐπανάγω, ἀπάγω, συναπάγω, διάγω, εἰσάγω, παρεισάγω, ἐξάγω, ἐπάγω, κατάγω, μετάγω παράγω, περιάγω, προάγω, προσάγω, συνάγω, ἐπισυνάγω, ὑπάγω. Synonym: cf. Schmidt, chapter 105.)